Srinagar, July 16 : A woman devotee, injured in the deadly militant attack on Amarnath pilgrims, succumbed at a hospital late last night, taking the death toll in the incident to eight. Lalita, 47, who had received a bullet in her abdomen, was operated upon by doctors. She succumbed to her injuries at SKIMS Hospital […]
New Delhi, July 16 : The monsoon session of Parliament beginning from Monday is expected to be stormy with the Opposition parties all set to corner the government over a range of issues concerning national security, foreign policy and other domestic matters, while the ruling alliance is gearing up to counter the onslaught on it. […]
New Delhi, July 16 : Comparing tigers and Mangalyaan may seem bizarre, but a new bio-economic analysis throws up interesting statistics — saving two big cats gives more value than the cost of India’s much-hyped maiden mission to Mars. In a one-of-its-kind analysis, an Indo-Australian team of scientists has published a paper titled ‘Making the […]
New Delhi : All’s well that ends well. The Indian cricket fans would have thought so after BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) named Ravi Shastri as the head coach and Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan as members of the support staff. The announcement brought a sort of closure to the distasteful episode between Anil Kumble […]
London : Roger Federer insists he is only slightly surprised to find himself tantalisingly within touching distance of a record eighth Wimbledon title despite his 36th birthday fast approaching. The Swiss star reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the 12th time on Wednesday with a 6-4 6-2 7-6(4) win over Milos Raonic. It was his 100th […]